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FWSAR Chronology

Date Events
Summer 2009 Industry Day Consultation
Winter 2010 National Research Council review of FWSAR Statement of Operational Requirement
15 December 2010 DND Revised Statement of Operating Requirements version 6.0
20 July 2011 Letter of Interest to invite industry to an Industry Day on August 16, 2011
16 August 2011 Industry Day on FWSAR Procurement Strategy
16 September 2011 Deadline to Industry for submitting discussion paper to comment on FWSAR Procurement Strategy
09 March 2012 Letter of Interest to invite industry to the 11 April 2012 Workshop
11 April 2012 Industry Workshop hosted
12 July 2012 Letter of Interest to advise industry of available summary re: 11 April 2012 Industry Workshop
13 September 2012 Letter of Interest (amendment 003) to invite industry to the 17-19 October 2012 Industry Engagement
14 September 2012 Letter of Interest (amendment 004) to publish Essential Elements V2.0
21 September 2012 Letter of Interest (amendment 005) to publish additional info, and notify of the availability of additional FWSAR documents, contained also in the cumulative table of FWSAR information
27 September 2012 Letter of Interest (amendment 006) to publish additional info, provide industry engagement session details, and notify of the availability of additional FWSAR documents
17-19 October 2012 Industry Engagement Session hosted
16 November 2012 Submission of Industry feedback following October 2012 Engagement
29 January 2013 New Letter of Interest for 2013 to share additional information with industry, following the 17-19 October 2012 Engagement Session, and taking into account Industry feedback received.